Kevin Asselin (born February 9, 1985, in Acton Vale, Quebec) is a professional ice hockey player.
Asselin was drafted by the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles in Round 2 (22nd overall) of the 2001 Quebec Major Junior Hockey League draft. He demonstrated plenty of offensive potential during his junior hockey career, scoring 121 goals between 2001 and 2006, all spent as a member of the Screaming Eagles. In his final junior season, Asselin scored 44 goals and added 44 assists for a total of 88 points in 67 games. Asselin was never drafted by a National Hockey League team.
He split the 2006–07 season between the Texas Wildcatters, Bakersfield Condors, and Columbia Inferno of the ECHL.
Asselin was a member of the Saint-Hyacinthe Chiefs of the Ligue Nord-Américaine de Hockey (LNAH) for two seasons, scoring a league leading 48 goals in 2007–08. He was named the LNAH's top offensive rookie, as well as the league's most valuable player in recognition of his season. He was claimed by the Thetford Mines Isothermic in a dispersal draft in 2009 after the Chiefs ceased operations.
In February, 2012, the Cape Breton Post named Asselin to the all-time All-Star Team of his former junior club, the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles,http://www.capebretonpost.com/Sports/Hockey/2012-02-28/article-2910925/Post-picks-Eagles-15th-anniversary-all-stars/2 Post picks Eagles 15th anniversary all-stars saying "the numbers don’t show the heart Asselin played with on the ice".
Career statistics Regular seasonPlayoffsSeasonTeamLeagueGPGAPtsPIMGPGAPtsPIM2001-02Cape Brenton Screaming EaglesQMJHL56268694000252002-03Cape Brenton Screaming EaglesQMJHL71282755131300042003-04Cape Brenton Screaming EaglesQMJHL5216213744501182004-05Cape Brenton Screaming EaglesQMJHL66312859635145122005-06Cape Brenton Screaming EaglesQMJHL67444488928123182006-07Texas WildcattersECHL10002—————2006-07Bakersfield CondorsECHL41381136—————2006-07Columbia InfernoECHL1322410—————2007-08St. Hyacinthe Top DesignLNAH5250388864—————2008-09St. Hyacinthe ChiefsLNAH186101622—————2009-10Saguenay MarquisLNAH3915213642—————2010-11Saguenay MarquisLNAH4223153852—————2011-12Trois-Rivieres Caron and GuayLNAH4619234234—————2012-13Trois-Rivieres Caron and GuayLNAH301081842—————2013-14Trois-Rivieres VikingsLNAH3711152635—————2014-15Trois-Rivieres BlizzardLNAH31122—————QMJHL totals3121211262473992527967ECHL totals555101548—————LNAH totals267135131266293—————
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